Kato Is Running for Party Presidency - Part 2
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by Tadahito Kato
To my knowledge, the founders of The Bushido Party had created a party based on a mild progressivism and somewhat conservative ideology of liberalism. The United Bushi of Nihon under Hitoshi Makoto's leadership, on the other hand, has not shown a clear stand on any issue.
If I am elected the party president, I plan to recycle the party and establish the "Liberal Party of Japan". Clear policies will be implemented and party members will have strong understandings of the party's ideology. Of course, like all party presidents in eJapan, the Liberal Party will be here for eJapan's betterment.
I am a huge fan of democracy and so the party's ideology will remain libertarian. Like the former Bushido Party, the orientation will be restored to center-left. I personally interpret left-wing libertarianism as a form of social liberalism, in which the government helps out citizens by promoting public welfare and equal opportunity for all.
To promote welfare, national institutions such as the Japanese Interior Service should be maintained to moderate economic stability. To stimulate growth, the government should stress more on cultural aspects of the society. Education would not only increase activeness of eJapanese citizens, it would also attract foreigners.
In foreign affairs, it would be of eJapan's best interest to form regional alliance within or out of PEACE. To be honest, PEACE is weak and not really effective in keeping "peace." Like President Akki said, this regional alliance can be an economic and social alliance as opposed to the military nature of PEACE.
As to reforms within the party itself, I plan to make use of the office of vice party president(s). A vice president would take the role of the party president if he or she is absent or ill. I believe this office would greatly reduce the chance of becoming inactive as a party. I will also push through formation of a multi-partisan coalition with other parties sharing similar policies.
If elected, I will of course make the necessary adjustments to suit party members. However, please consider joining the United Bushi of Nihon now if anyone agrees with my views and is looking for a new party. Thanks for reading and have a great day!
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I'm gonna say something I said earlier:
I really don't think an alliance inside an alliance will work. You can't have double tiered alliances without some competition within each. No, for an alliance to be successful, you need the active consent of all the members. Look at RL NATO and how it's failing. Some countries want to go to Iraq, and some don't, and now it's causing some real friction. Being an EAA will make us untrusted by PEACE and we'll never be considered one of them. Nobody wants anything to do with distant cousins right?
One more thing. The office of Vice-President is not official. There's nothing in eRep that makes a person VP, except what the Pres says. So it'll require enormous coordination to make the "VP" head of the Party while the Pres rules the country.
NATO is not failing because no nation is forced to join a war unless an ally of NATO is attacked. No nation is forced to go to war in NATO. Help from an ally in a wartime situation is nice however, with supplies or small contingencies of men but its definately not tearing NATO apart.
Thanks for your feedbacks. First, I just want to clarify that if we form a new alliance, it does not need to be inside an alliance. PEACE is weakly organized, the ongoing war between ePakistan and eIran is a proof.
About the vice president, I cannot fully understand what you are trying to say. Yes, vice president is only an unofficial title, but right now my party has not been using it. It is certainly not a big deal, and that is why I mentioned it towards the end.
I'm liking your ideas. If I decide to join UBN though I hope the name stays the same, it looks like you intend to change it.
Thanks for you advice, Siveru. I actually have a reason behind the plan to change the party name. As I mentioned in the previous article, Bushido has failed to regain its greatness.
Before his departure, our founder Suzuki also expressed that Bushido is not really a modern philosophy anymore, and the values do not really correspond with modern politics. He even suggested to change the name to the modern and existing Democratic Party of Japan. I just personally feel like the need to emphasize our support of liberalism in the party.
Anyways, if you feel like joining the party, you can always join and vote for Hitoshi. That is, if you agree with his plans of course. 🙂
Heh, we'll see. I'll have to see his plans too.
I kind of like the name involving Bushido, simply because it's uniquely Japanese. I think you can emphasize the liberalism well enough through other means, I don't think anyone's going to have any real preconceptions when they see the name 'United Bushi of Nihon' except that it's a Japanese party. I don't think it matters if Bushido really corresponds to what UBN represents or not.
(Heck, it's not even the Bushido Party, it's the United Bushi of Nihon - regardless of whether or not they really follow Bushido.)
I also think that we should keep a Bushido reference in our name... We can't forget from where we came. Liberal Bushi Party of Japan or Liberal Bushi of Japan? 😛
As to the other ideas... I like them.
Kato-
You're right, I wasn't very clear. I'm saying that someone is VP in name only, and has no special powers. They don't get to vote for Congressional stuff. It's simply a statement from the Pres.
I just want to say that since Party Presidents can't be removed, the title of VP is totally insignificant. You can't just replace the PP. You don't have any powers.
Seixo and Siveru, I am sorry but my plan is not to rename the party or to "revive" it. I am trying to set up a new party using the shell of the old one. Just like I have said several times, the Bushido era is over and will never come back. Even Hitoshi's active attempt to revitalize the party has failed. If we do not move forward, we will not get any attention.
All that being said, I will certainly ask for more opinions and make my final decisions before the elections.
Good Luck Tadahito Kato. May the best leaders win.
You should make these as one article instead of two if you posted it together at the same day.
Thanks Akki and Kogarashi. I made it two parts because I did not finish it and since there is not a "draft" function, I just had to split it in half and typed the second half later yesterday.